Adolph Quotes
Some scholars look back at the allied bombing of German Cities in WWII with criticism that it was morally improper to bomb populated cities, and that the use of the adjective “exterminating” indicated that Churchill was more interested in killing Germans than strategic victory. This revisionist history has two failings. First, the Germans had already bombed Coventry, London and other civilian targets in England as well as cities in Holland, Poland and other countries killing many civilians. As a result, under the rules of war, Germany was no longer entitled to protection for their cities. Further, Hamburg and other targets were manufacturing sites of war material and as such lost the protection anyway. Even Dresden, which had very little war manufacturing was the main location for R&R of German Officers and by their military presence in the city converted it into a legitimate target. FDR agreed with Churchill, that the bombing was a good strategy to cause Hitler to fall as they thought the public would rebel. They were wrong however and his grip on the population through the Gestapo and the military was so strong that, it took a land invasion and occupation to put an end to Hitler. However, the devastating bombing all but crippled the German weapons development and deployment. For example. The Germans had developed the Jet Airplane Engine and actually put a few in the fight at the end if the war. Without the bombing, they would have had many more and countered the allied air supremacy. However, it is also true that Churchill and many Englishmen and some Americans believed that the English were morally entitled to retaliation for the innocent civilians killed with the German bombing of civilian targets.
Although a fervent Nazi, he detested Hitler. When Hitler consolidated power, one of the first things he did in 1934 was to order his guards to murder Strasser, just as Strasser had feared.
He served a 20 year sentence. Unlike many of the other Nazis, upon reflection of his experience, he came to realize the wisdom of Lord Acton’s observation about power. See {292904}.
The Civil War produced more deaths than all other American wars put together. Lee’s skill and gentlemanly demeanor subdue the fact that his treasonous efforts caused more American soldiers to die than the entire Second World War—and yet some Americans regard him as a hero while others see him as a traitor.
This quotation is important because there are some who believed that the professional German Soldiers did not respect Hitler and his murderous policies. This quotation shows that at least publicly Donitz had no problem extolling Hitler above all others. After the war Donitz was found guilty of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and using thousands of slave laborers in his shipyards. He was sentenced to 10 years, one of the lightest sentences if the German War Crimes Trials.
Sailer’s point is well taken though the accuracy of the numbers in his comparison depends on definition. If one assumes that the Hitler murders are confined to the 6 million or so Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals then his numbers are right, But most people include the 22 million Russians killed in WWII and the other WWII deaths civilian and military and then Hitler caused deaths are much greater. However, the numbers are not critical to his point which is that under the guise of promoting equality many dictators have caused many deaths just as have the dictators who were preaching inequality. Extremism is always the problem.
There were many British and American capitalists, like Lindbergh, who were great admirers of Hitler and Mussolini and supported the Fascists.
He served as a liaison with the Russian military officers after WWII. As a result he developed friendships with some who told him much about Stalin.
The madness of Nazism was getting established in Germany. One of the first thing that dictatorships do when they want to take total control is to hobble, censor, intimidate or eliminate the press. Thompson was one of the first jouralists to warn about Adolph Htler. She was expelled from Germany for her “unflattering” way of describing Hitler.
Robinson who was a Republican from New York was, like the other Negro Republican delegates , when they were cursed, shoved, threatened and spat on. The Southern delegates were part of a general Southern backlash as a result of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
He was shot in 1944 for his involvement in an attempt to kill Hitler
She, like her husband and many of the America Firsters, believed that Hitler should be allowed to overrun Europe and Russia. See {613688}. The America First group was a pro-fascist organization who supported the axis powers until they declared war on the United States. Even then, there were some Nazi sympathizers who were anti-immigrant, racist and anti-Semitic in addition to being fascists. Both of the Lindberghs were America Firsters
Helms was then a young agent of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Berlin.
